A new architecture for low cost Power Hardware in the Loop testing of power electronics equipments

The paper presents a critical analysis of the current status in the field of power hardware in the loop testing. The authors first summarize their experience in the development of a platform for an industrial application. Starting from the results obtained in this previous project, the authors then illustrate the path towards a more standardized and user-friendly platform. The new platform architecture presented in this paper is supposed to achieve significant improvement both in the bandwidth of the hardware/software interface and in the quality of the user interface.